"Control oil and you control nations,"
said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. "Control food and you control the
people."

Global food control has nearly been
achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that
are distributed by only a few transnational corporations. But this agenda has
been implemented at grave cost to our health; and if the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) passes, control over not just our food but our health, our
environment and our financial system will be in the hands of transnational
corporations.

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Profits
Before Populations

According
to an Acres USA interview of plant pathologist Don Huber, Professor
Emeritus at Purdue University, two modified traits account for practically all
of the genetically modified crops grown in the world today. One involves insect
resistance. The other, more disturbing modification involves insensitivity to
glyphosate-based herbicides (plant-killing chemicals). Often known as Roundup
after the best-selling Monsanto product of that name, glyphosate poisons
everything in its path except plants genetically modified to resist it.

Glyphosate-based herbicides are now the most
commonly used herbicides in the world. Glyphosate is an essential partner to
the GMOs that are the principal business of the burgeoning biotech industry.
Glyphosate is a "broad-spectrum" herbicide that destroys indiscriminately, not
by killing unwanted plants directly but by tying up access to critical
nutrients.

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Because of the insidious way in which it works, it
has been sold as a relatively benign replacement for the devastating earlier
dioxin-based herbicides. But a barrage of experimental data has now shown
glyphosate and the GMO foods incorporating it to pose serious dangers to
health. Compounding the risk is the toxicity of "inert" ingredients used to
make glyphosate more potent. Researchers have found, for example, that
the surfactant POEA can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental
and umbilical cord cells. But these risks have been conveniently ignored.

A ban on GMO and
glyphosate use might go far toward improving the health of Americans. But the
Trans-Pacific Partnership, a global trade agreement for which the Obama
Administration has sought Fast Track status, would block that sort of cause-focused
approach to the healthcare crisis.

Roundup's Insidious
Effects

Roundup-resistant crops escape being killed by
glyphosate, but they do not avoid absorbing it into their tissues.
Herbicide-tolerant crops have substantially higher levels of herbicide residues
than other crops. In fact, many countries have had to increase their legally
allowable levels--by up to 50 times--in order to accommodate the introduction of
GM crops. In the European Union, residues in
food are set to rise 100-150 times if a new
proposal by Monsanto is approved. Meanwhile, herbicide-tolerant
"super-weeds" have adapted to the chemical, requiring even more toxic doses
and new toxic chemicals to kill the plant.

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Human enzymes are affected by glyphosate just as
plant enzymes are: the chemical blocks the uptake of manganese and other
essential minerals. Without those minerals, we cannot properly metabolize our
food. That helps explain the rampant epidemic of obesity in the United States.
People eat and eat in an attempt to acquire the nutrients that are simply not
available in their food.

"Glyphosate's
inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes is an overlooked component of its
toxicity to mammals. CYP enzymes play crucial roles in biology . . . . Negative
impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation
damages cellular systems throughout the body. Consequences are most of the
diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet, which include
gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression,
autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer's disease. "

More than 40 diseases have been linked to glyphosate
use, and more keep appearing. In
September 2013, the
National University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina, published research finding
that glyphosate enhances the growth of fungi that produce aflatoxin B1, one of
the most carcinogenic of substances. A doctor from Chaco, Argentina, told
Associated Press, "We've gone from a pretty healthy population to one with
a high rate of cancer, birth defects and illnesses seldom seen before."
Fungi growths have increased significantly in US corn crops.

Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and author of twelve books including the best-selling WEB OF DEBT. In THE PUBLIC BANK SOLUTION, her latest book, she explores successful public banking models historically and (more...)